I have created a short WMV for viewing the new search options that are available on Google. Here they are:


Wonderwheel

Time Line

News Search, Blog Search, Books, Image, Video



There was also mention made of another great site.

This lists outstanding people and talks that they have given. Each of the talks is no more that 20 minutes long. I thought it was an excellent site.

It is TED.com

I have inserted a short video illustrating this site.

There were some very good options involving Google search options.



You may be familiar with some of these but they were all new to me.



First. http://books.google.com/ for finding books.



http://video.google.com/ For finding videos on the Internet. On this one type on the search: Belgium train station dance. It is well worth the time to view it. If you liked that try Oprah chicago dance. Also worth the view time.



http://news.google.com/ for very up to date news events. You pick the topic.





http://scholar.google.com/ for works from leading scholars





http://blogsearch.google.com/ For finding Blogs on specific topics.



I have created a short WMV to illustrate these it is as follows.

December 04 Cforum

You can find the minutes for this meeting at
http://cforum.wikispaces.com/December+2009

All of the links listed here are on that page.

Here are a few of the highlights that I would like to share with you.

First some christmas activities (and Others) that I thought were worth while.

Lower Grade Snowman Creation
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/snowman_v4.html

On this one you squeeze the noses to create a song.
http://dingo.care2.com/cards/new/0422/Do-a-rain-deer.swf

Form Jibjab. (I do not know how to create these but I would like to learn, if anyone knows how.)
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/JByVvmwvBW6m3zaH9MZ3

and payback
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/8I49W6p9tuJcEEIl

Elementary Activities. I haven't done any of these so I can tell you anything about them.
http://www.northpole.com/

And another that contains Advent calendars, and Christmas ClipArt and others
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/

An excellent page for economics calculating the cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
There is a games page that carries this concept a little farther.
http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/CPI/index.html

There were other sites that were good but not so much Christmas related.

Pyramid creation, an interactive that allow you to create a pyramid.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml

City Creator, maybe like Sim City
http://www.citycreator.com/

An excellent vocabulary activity. They claim they will send rice to the World Food Program for each correct answer.
http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Medical Mysteries I didn't try. You may like this kind of thing.
http://medmyst.rice.edu/

Excellent problem solving skills involving Lego Blocks.
http://www.lego.com/eng/create/activities/junkbot/